gorilla

Chimpanzees and lowland gorillas are close relatives but their social structures are strikingly different, and Elisabetta Palagi wanted to know if these differences were reflected in the playfulness of adults. “I am convinced that play is a perfect indicator of…

The largest living primate, Grauer’s gorilla, lives only in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Before civil war broke out in the region in 1996, the population was estimated at 16,900 individuals, but it has since been difficult to conduct…